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with  the  provisions  of  the 
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V 


SERIES  I 


NUMBER  2 


BULLETIN 


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WINCHESTER,  KY. 


The  Bulletin  of  Kentucky  Wesleyan  College 
is  published  quarterly  by  the  College 


OCTOBER,  1909 

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FACULTIES. 

COLLEGE  FACULTY. 

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Jno.  J.  Tigert,  B.  A.,  (Oxon.) 
President  and  Professor  of  Philosophy 

V.  I.  Moore,  B.  A. 

Professor  of  Latin  and  Director  of  Gymnasium. 

W.  H.  Garnett,  Ph.  D. 

Dean  and  Professor  of  Mathematics  and  French. 

O.  W.  Hedges,  B.  A. 

Professor  of  English,  History,  and  Economics. 

B.  T.  Spencer,  M.  A. 

Professor  of  Greek  and  German. 

George  S.  Dalgety 

Professor  of  Oratory. 

W.  S.  Anderson,  M.  A. 

Professor  of  Chemistry,  Physics,  and  Biology. 

Charles  L.  Lewis,  B.  A.,  B.  S. 

. Commandant  and  Instructor  in  Military  Science. 

George  S.  Dalgety 


ACADEMY  FACULTY. 

Charles  L.  Lewis,  B.  A.,  B.  S.,  Principal. 


William  A.  Price 


Pres.  Jno.  J.  Tigert. 


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THE  OPENING. 


KENTUCKY  Wesleyan  College  opened  on  September  1st,  with  only  a fair  number  of  students 
on  hand,  but  with  an  unusually  large  attendance  of  patrons,  friends,  members  of  the  com- 
munity and  visitors  from  outside  points.  The  opening  exercises  took  place  in  the  large  audi- 
torium and  were  enlivened  by  the  presence  of  a number  of  prominent  churchmen  on  the  plat- 
form, including  the  pastors  of  the  various  local  churches.  Among  the  visitors  were  Dr.  E.  G.  B. 
Mann,  of  Lexington,  who  came  as  the  representative  of  the  Board  of  Education,  and  Dr.  John  L. 
W eber,  of  Mt.  Sterling,  an  ex-President  and  ever  one  of  the  most  loyal  friends  of  Kentucky  W esleyan 
College. 

The  small  enrollment  of  the  first  week  was  due  more  largely  to  the  date  of  our  opening  than  to  any 
other  consideration.  All  are  agreed  that  we  would  have  had  a much  larger  attendance  for  the  first 
week,  had  we  not  opened  till  about  a week  or  ten  days  later.  In  consideration  of  this  fact,  the  admin- 
istration wishes  to  make  this  announcement,  that  next  year  the  College  will  not  be  open  till  Septem- 
ber 7th  or  later.  We  trust  that  this  will  enable  our  boys  to  get  to  us  at  the  very  beginning  of  the  work. 
W e are  gratified  to  be  able  to  state  that,  though  our  enrollment  was  disappointing  during  the  opening 
days,  during  the  second  week  the  enrollment  built  up  very  rapidly,  so  that  by  the  end  of  the  second 
week  we  had  registered  one  of  the  largest  enrollments  in  the  entire  history  of  the  College. 

We  are  now  very  much  pleased  with  the  outlook  for  the  year,  and,  if  the  reports  of  those  who  have 
been  in  a position  to  know  and  who  have  kept  themselves  posted  on  the  College  are  to  be  trusted,  we 
have  a prospect  for  the  best  year’s  work  in  the  long  history  of  our  College. 


The  College  Building. 


THE  PLANT  AND  IMPROVEMENTS. 


Since  the  rebuilding  of  the  "Wesleyan,”  our  main  building,  after 
its  destruction  by  fire  several  years  ago,  and  the  erection  of  our 
Academy  building,  very  little  improvement  upon  our  plant  has  been 
made  or  needed.  However,  in  order  to  make  the  plant  perfect  in 
every  respect,  we  decided  during  the  past  summer  to  completely 
overhaul  our  dormitory  and  other  buildings,  inside  and  outside. 
We  have  succeeded  admirably  in  these  efforts  to  make  the  buildings 


more  attractive  and  comfortable.  We  feel  especially  proud  of  Clark 
Hall,  our  dormitory,  and  we  feel  that  our  patrons  and  friends  would 
be  agreeably  surprised  if  they  should  come  and  look  over  the  building. 
We  invite  them  to  come  whenever  they  find  an  opportunity.  We  do 
not  care  for  any  notification.  Come  any  time  you  like  and  inspect 
our  plant.  We  would  count  it  a favor,  if  you  would  do  so.  There  is 
nothing  about  our  plant  that  will  not  bear  minute  inspection. 


LIBRARY. 


The  entire  library  of  the  College  was  unfortunately  lost  when  the 
main  building  went  up  in  smoke  and  flames.  Since  that  time  we 
have  gathered  together  some  miscellaneous  volumes,  amounting  to 
about  three  thousand  in  number.  This  library  is  totally  inadequate 
for  our  present  needs  and,  further,  the  existence  of  the  books  which 
we  have  now  is  quite  precarious.  Another  fire,  such  as  we  had 
before,  would  sweep  away  everything  and  leave  us  destitute  of  books 
once  more.  A library  building,  fire-proof  and  thoroughly  modern  in 
every  respect,  is  our  greatest  desideratum  in  the  way  of  equipment. 

Mr.  Carnegie  has  made  an  offer,  the  same  which  he  has  made  to 


many  others,  which  ought  to  make  it  easy  for  us  to  possess  a build- 
ing of  the  kind  mentioned  and  at  the  same  time  fill  it  with  the  books 
of  which  we  are  in  need.  Mr.  Carnegie  is  ready  to  give  fifteen  thou- 
sand dollars  to  erect  the  building,  whenever  we  are  ready  to  invest 
a similar  amount  in  the  endowment  of  the  library.  Such  an  endow- 
ment would  enable  us  to  have  every  year  the  freshest  books  in  each 
department  and  soon  give  us  a large  number  of  volumes  where  they 
would  be  at  our  constant  service  and  in  no  danger  of  ever  being 
destroyed.  We  hope  that  we  may  soon  be  able  to  avail  ourselves 
of  Mr.  Carnegie’s  most  generous  offer  and  meet  our  most  urgent 
need  for  an  adequate  library. 


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Clark  Hall,  the  Dormitory. 


RELIGIOUS  FEATURES. 

Revival. 


We  feel  that  the  religious  life  of  the  small  college,  committed 
unequivocally  to  the  cause  of  Christian  Education,  is  the  last  thing 
that  we  can  possibly  neglect.  Believing  this  we  have  arranged  in 
conjunction  with  the  local  Church  to  hold  during  the  ensuing  year 
at  least  one  great  revival.  For  this  purpose  we  have  been  peculiarly 
fortunate  in  securing  the  assistance  of  the  noted  Evangelist,  Rev. 
Jno.  E.  Brown.  Mr.  Brown  will  bring  with  him  the  great  song 
Evangelist,  C.  F.  Curry.  These  men  are  known  to  every  one  through- 


out the  Church  world  and  it  hardly  seems  necessary  to  say  more  about 
them.  Mr.  Brown,  though  only  thirty  years  old,  has  converted  more 
than  thirty  thousand  souls — more  than  a thousand  for  each  year  of 
his  life — and,  so  far  as  we  know,  has  never  made  a failure  in  a 
meeting.  We,  therefore,  look  forward  with  much  anticipation  to  his 
coming  and  have  good  grounds  to  suppose  that  he  will  do  great  good 
among  us. 


BIBLE  CLASSES. 

By  Prof.  W.  S.  Anderson. 


The  four  classes  in  the  English  Bible  have  been  organized  and  are 
at  work.  The  first  year  class,  or  freshmen,  are  studying  the  life  of 
Christ.  The  sophomore  students  are  giving  attention  to  the  history 
of  the  early  church  as  recorded  in  Acts;  and  to  a brief  outline  of  the 
doctrines  of  the  Epistles.  The  Old  Testament  history  is  studied  by 
the  junior  class  by  means  of  the  biographical  facts  of  Old  Testament 


characters,  the  history  being  grouped  around  these  characters.  The 
seniors  are  giving  time  to  a most  important  line  of  work  in  the 
teachings  of  Christ  and  his  Apostles. 

The  work  is  outlined  in  the  Bible  classes  for  daily  study;  and  the 
course,  properly  completed,  gives  a good  knowledge  of  the  greatest 
of  all  Books. 


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Foot  Ball  Team  of  1907 


THE  YOUNG  MEN’S  CHRISTIAN  ASSOCIATION. 

By  Prop.  B.  T.  Spencer. 

The  Young  Men’s  Christian  Association  of  the  Kentucky  Wesleyan  College  was  organized  in  Feb 
ruary,  1882,  by  Mr.  Wishard,  of  Princeton,  N.  J.,  and  Mr.  Huber,  of  Louisville,  Ivy.  At  the  first  meet- 
ing for  organization  the  following  students  gave  th  eir  names  for  membership : W.  E.  Arnold,  W.  W. 
Strother,  T.  B.  Demaree,  John  Fizer,  J.  W.  Gardner,  K.  J.  Morris,  E.  C.  Savage.  Also  the  following 
members  of  the  faculty : D.  W.  Batson,  A.  Redd,  B.  T.  Spencer,  R.  O.  Hughes.  Before  the  Associa- 
tion began  its  work  the  names  of  J.  F.  Dearing,  R.  Haydon,  James  Smith,  J.  R.  Whittaker  were  added. 
These  are  the  charter  members. 

Since  its  organization  the  work  of  the  Association  has  been  practically  uninterrupted  and  no  depart- 
ment of  the  College  has  wielded  a greater  influence  in  the  lives  of  the  students. 

These  are  the  general  lines  of  its  work:  Bible  study,  mission  study,  devotional  meetings,  evangel- 
istic services,  -personal  work.  The  Association  has  taken  an  active  part  in  the  Association  work  of  the 
State.  Its  membership  is  represented  on  the  State  Executive  Committee.  The  first  student  secretary 
for  the  State  was  selected  from  its  numbers.  It  has  contributed  more  liberally  than  any  other  college 
association  to  the  expenses  of  the  State  work.  Its  Bible  study  and  mission  study  have  attracted  the 
favorable  notice  of  the  State  and  international  workers.  It  sent  two  men  to  the  Southern  Conference  at 
Montreat  and  six  to  the  Student  Conference  at  Danville  last  summer.  Its  membership  is  large,  enthusi- 
astic and  growing. 

The  Association  is  planning  large  things  for  th  is  year.  Several  Mission  Study  groups  will  be 
formed  and  arrangements  are  now  being  made  for  an  early  evangelistic  service. 


Basket  Ball  Team  of  1998. 


DEPARTMENT  OF  ORATORY. 

By  Prof.  Geo.  S.  Dalgety. 


One  year  ago  the  Department  of  Oratory  was  added  to  the  college  to  meet  the  rapidly  increasing- 
demand  for  men  and  women  who  had  sufficient  poise,  self-control,  and  training  to  speak  before  the 
public.  The  department  has  met  with  favor.  The  classes  have  been  large  and  a high  grade  of  work 
has  been  done. 

Two  practical  courses  are  offered  covering  a period  of  two  years.  The  first  year's  work  deals 
with  articulation,  pronunciation,  vocal  development,  delivery  of  simple  orations  and  constant  drill  in 
common  reading. 

'1'he  second  year  prepares  for  public  work.  Orations,  Bible  and  hymn  reading,  extemporaneous 
speaking,  parliamentary  law,  and  interpretative  reading  make  up  the  work  of  this  year.  Private 
lessons  are  given  when  desired.  While  it  is  to  be  preferred  that  students  take  this  work  from  the 
beginning  of  the  term,  arrangements  can  be  made  to  enter  at  any  time. 


Young  Ladies’  Basket  Bale  Team. 


ATHLETICS. 

By  Prof.  V.  I.  Moors,  Physical  Director. 


Under  the  more  liberal  policy  of  the  Board  of  Education  and  with 
the  hearty  encouragement  of  President  Tigert,  the  athletics  of  Ken- 
tucky Wesleyan  promise  to  be  more  successful  than  ever  before.  The 
administration  of  the  college  appreciates  fully  the  value  of  limited 
participation  in  athletics  under  proper  control,  and  such  control  is 
provided  by  strict  faculty  supervision  of  all  matters  of  this  kind  both 
in  the  scheduling  of  games  and  in  the  playing  of  the  same. 

Among  other  requirements  that  must  be  met  by  prospective 
members  of  the  teams  are  the  following: 

(1)  They  must  carry  at  least  twelve  hours  per  week  of  regular 
class  room  work. 

(2)  They  must  make  a passing  grade  in  all  subjects. 

(3)  They  must  not  be  under  faculty  discipline  for  violation  of 
any  of  the  college  regulations. 

These  regulations  are  supplementary  to  those  made  by  the  coach 
in  training  the  men  for  the  several  sports,  such  as  the  required 
abstinence  from  tobacco,  regular  hours,  e'.c. 

The  purpose  of  the  faculty  has  been,  and  is  now,  to  encourage 
clean  and  manly  athletics  in  so  far  as  it  does  not  interfere  with  the 
more  serious  work  of  training  the  heart  and  the  head.  Athletics 
must  be  made  secondary  to  these  branches  of  college  life  if  it  is 
to  remain  in  our  colleges  and  attract  the  interest  of  the  better  class 
of  our  students.  This  aim  we  have  to  a very  large  extent  achieved  and 
our  athletes  include  some  of  the  finest  students  in  college,  and  are 
as  a whole  as  splendid  a lot  of  young  men  as  can  be  found  anywhere. 

The  outlook  in  football  is  very  fair.  The  team,  weakened  in 


some  very  important  positions  by  the  loss  of  several  old  players, 
has  been  working  hard  and  improving  consistently.  It  made  a good 
showing  against  the  seasoned  team  of  the  State  University  in  the 
first  contest  of  the  season,  losing  by  the  small  score  of  eighteen  to 
nil.  The  second  game  showed  a reversal  of  form  and  we  were 
beaten  by  Georgetown  College  twenty-one  to  nil.  We  expect,  in 
spite  of  these  early  defeats,  to  yet  develop  a strong  team.  Capt. 
Boles,  by  his  clean  and  honest  life,  his  conscientious  work  in  the 
class-room,  and  by  his  efficient  and  energetic  playing  in  his  position 
at  tackle,  has  set  a high  standard  for  the  other  members  of  the 
squad. 

Among  the  teams  yet  to  be  played  this  season  are  Transylvania 
University  and  St.  Mary’s  College.  These  are  both  strong  teams  but 
if  the  thirty  men  now  on  the  squad  continue  in  their  present  determ- 
ination to  develop  a strong  team,  we  may  hope  to  win  one  or  both 
of  these  games. 

In  basketball,  the  prospects  are  good  and  last  year’s  successful 
five  will  be  well  replaced  by  this  year's  team.  Baseball  and  track 
are  still  far  off,  but  prospects  for  success  in  both  of  these  sports  are 
flattering. 

These  matters  above  discussed  seem  to  the  prejudiced,  foolish, 
perhaps;  to  the  uninitiated  in  latter  day  college  life,  of  little  import- 
ance; but  to  those  on  the  grounds  and  familiar  with  the  college 
conditions,  they  mean  a community  of  interest,  a rousing  of  a college 
enthusiasm,  and  the  building  up  of  a loyalty  to  Wesleyan  in  the 
hearts  of  even  its  most  unthinking  students  that  nothing  can  diminish. 


Company  of  the  Military 


THE  MILITARY  DEPARTMENT. 

By  Prof.  C.  L.  Lewis. 


The  benefit  derived  from  military  drill  can  hardly  be  overestimated.  Aside  from  the  physical 
exercise  gained  thereby  and  the  correct  carriage  of  the  body  which  promotes  health  and  adds  grace  to 
every  movement  of  the  person,  the  student  is  trained  in  being  punctual,  in  paying  close  attention  to 
details,  and  in  respecting  absolutely  those  placed  in  authority  over  him.  These  are  lessons  which  we 
consider  very  important  ones  for  our  American  youth  to  learn. 

The  Military  Department  of  Kentucky  Wesleyan  College  has  but  a short  history.  It  was  intro- 
duced into  the  preparatory  school  at  the  beginning  of  the  year  1906-07,  and  proved  so  popular  and 
successful  that  the  Faculty  decided  to  give  the  College  students  also  a chance  to  obtain  some 
military  training.  During  the  year  1907-08  a volunteer  company  called  the  Wesleyan  Cadets  was 
organized,  which  before  the  close  of  that  year  numbered  more  than  fifty  men. 

The  following  year  there  were  two  companies  fully  equipped  and  officered.  And  the  department 
continues  in  a flourishing  condition. 

Drill  is  conducted  each  school  day  in  the  week  except  Thursday.  The  regular  United  States 
Infantry  Drill  Regulations,  Manual  of  Guard  Duty,  and  Butts’  Manual  of  Physical  Drill  are  studied  in 
the  class  room  during  the  winter,  and  carefully  followed  on  the  drill  ground  during  the  autumn 
and  spring. 


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ALUMNI  NOTES. 


A letter  from  President  H.  K.  Taylor  states  that  he  is  much 
improved  in  health.  He  is  now  at  Maryville,  Mo.,  and  has  entered 
upon  his  duties  in  connection  with  the  State  Normal  School  at  that 
place.  The  great  work  that  President  Taylor  did  in  Kentucky  and 
the  invaluable  service  rendered  to  Kentucky  Wesleyan  College,  when, 
as  its  President,  he  filled  its  halls  full  to  overflowing  with  students, 
lead  us  to  record  with  pleasure  this  improvement  in  his  health  and  to 
look  for  a similar  great  work  on  his  part  in  his  new  field  in  Missouri. 

Prof.  O.  F.  Long  of  the  class  of  1890  and  now  Professor  of  Latin 
in  Northwestern  University,  has  spent  his  vacation  at  his  old  home 
near  Millersburg,  Ivy.  This  great  Roman  likes  the  country.  He 
has  installed  a system  of  water  works  at  his  old  home  which  supplies 
water  for  all  the  barns  as  well  as  the  house.  Prof.  Long’s  excellent 
edition  of  Livy  has  just  been  issued  and  was  immediately  put  into 
the  course  at  Kentucky  Wesleyan. 

A letter  from  Rev.  H.  T.  Reed  of  Sungkiang,  China,  tells  of  polit- 
cal  and  social  conditions  there  and  outlines  the  work  he  is  doing  in 
the  McLain  Training  School.  Prof.  Reed  was  the  founder  and  is 
now  the  principal  of  the  school.  He  was  a great  worker  in  the 
Young  Men’s  Christian  Association  when  a student,  and  the  Asso- 
ciation of  the  Kentucky  Wesleyan  College  supports  in  his  school  a 


young  Chinaman  who  is  studying  for  the  ministry  of  the  M.  E. 
Church,  South. 

Prof.  George  Payne,  an  old  Kentucky  Wesleyan  boy,  has  just 
been  chosen  Professor  of  Psychology,  as  successor  of  the  late  Prof. 
Roark,  in  the  Eastern  Kentucky  Normal  School  at  Richmond,  Ky. 
Prof.  Payne  has  just  returned  from  Europe,  where  he  has  spent  some 
years  in  the  study  of  educational  systems. 

The  Central  Methodist  Advocate  in  a recent  issue  presented  the 
picture  of  J.  C.  C.  Mayo,  an  old  Kentucky  Wesleyan  boy.  Mr.  Mayo 
was  at  one  time  a teacher  in  Kentucky  Wesleyan  College.  He  has 
proved  to  be  also  its  most  generous  benefactor.  Mr.  Mayo  was  a 
poor  boy  and  has  become  a very  wealthy  man  and  is  using  his  wealth 
in  founding  and  supporting  schools  for  the  education  of  young  men 
and  young  women  of  Eastern  Kentucky.  Mr.  Mayo’s  recent  large 
gift  to  the  Kentucky  Wesleyan  College  came  at  a time  when  it 
was  sorely  needed  and  greatly  appreciated. 

Rev.  E.  C.  Savage  of  the  class  of  1883  died  on  June  26.  He  was 
an  excellent  man  and  one  of  the  most  efficient  ministers  of  the  Ken- 
tucky Conference.  To  the  widow  and  the  noble  son,  Earl,  who  is 
now  a student  in  the  Kentucky  Wesleyan  College,  we  extend  our 
sympathy. 


